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Overheard staff member in bookshop: "This says Pluto's a planet. Should we still be selling it now we know it's a star?"
    Posted by JT on 19 Aug 2009. + (12) - (0) Permalink
Everybody knows astronomers are just making stuff up.
    Posted by Socky on 20 Sep 2009.
Yes. Keep it for the little starlings.
    Posted by breadbocks on 4 Apr 2010.

"Why did the Pre-Cambrian start?"
    Posted by JT on 25 Jan 2010. + (6) - (0) Permalink

Answer given in Biology exam: "The pistol of a flower is its only protection against insects."
    Posted by JT on 14 Dec 2009. + (5) - (0) Permalink

"Why does it take a year for earth to orbit the sun?"
    Posted by JT on 30 Dec 2009. + (5) - (0) Permalink

"Does castration cause infertility?"
    Posted by JT on 17 Apr 2010. + (5) - (0) Permalink
Yes. Who'd have known?
    Posted by Moosh on 27 Apr 2010.

"If you eat pasta and then eat some anti-pasta are you still hungry?"
    Posted by JT on 30 Dec 2009. + (6) - (1) Permalink
Yes, because the anti-pasta annihilates the pasta. Duh!
    Posted by Socky on 1 Jan 2010.

Vince: "The speed of electricity is faster than the speed of light."
Me: "The what?"
Vince: "The speed of electricity - it's faster than light."
Me: "Er..."
Vince: "Think about it. If you put electricity through a wire, it gets from one end to the other instantly. That's faster than light."
Me: "Er..."
    Posted by JT on 23 Feb 2010. + (5) - (0) Permalink
As you once told me, JT, the idiocy of man knows no boundaries..


Who's Vince anyway?
    Posted by Moosh on 24 Feb 2010.
He is ginger. That's all you need to know.
    Posted by JT on 24 Feb 2010.

"How many times does the number 1 go into 100?"
    (From http://answers.yahoo.com/question/ind...)
    Posted by JT on 11 Jan 2010. + (5) - (0) Permalink
Once?
    Posted by Socky on 14 Jan 2010.
The number 1 goes into a bar. The barman says, "Oi! Get out. You're under 18."
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 14 Jan 2010.
Only 18 in a bar. Wow, where do you live, Puerto Rico?
    Posted by CheddarBBQ on 21 Jan 2010.
Does that surprise you? Where do you live, America?
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 22 Jan 2010.

"Why is there 4 prongs on a fork but only 3 spaces between them?"
    Posted by JT on 30 Dec 2009. + (5) - (0) Permalink

Genuine answer given in exam: "The body consists of three parts - the brainium, the borax and the abominable cavity. The brainium contains the brain, the borax contains the heart and lungs, and the abominable cavity contains the bowels, of which there are five - a, e, i, o and u."
    Posted by JT on 14 Dec 2009. + (5) - (0) Permalink
Unlike other primates, human bodies do not have consonants.
    Posted by Necropaxx on 18 Dec 2009.
He forgot the Elvis.
    Posted by Moosh on 20 Dec 2009.